Trace-carrier



A. E. MEN'DENHALL.

TRACE CARRIER.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB.26. 1921.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

J5EE 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT E. MENDE'NHALL OF GARDEN CITY, KANSAS.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

TRACE-CARRIER.

1,401,347, Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed February 26, 1921. Serial 110,448,220.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. MENDEN- HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garden City, in the county of Finney and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in trace carriers and has for its object to provide a trace carrier for the traces afterthey have been unhooked from the vehicle. It has for its object to provide a device of the above character which will hold the traces and will revent them from becoming disenga ed and dragging on the ground.

ith the above and such other objects in view as may hereinafter appear, I have invented the device illustrated in the accompan ing drawings, in which- *igure 1 is a top plan view of my im proved trace carrier,

F'g. 2 is a side elevation looking in the direction of the arrow A, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation looking in the direction of the arrow B, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 5 is a view Similar to Fig. 1 showing a cockeye secured to the trace carrier,

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specification and.

in the several views in the drawings in which 1 designates a trace carrier, which is of skeleton formation and is provided with an offset loop 2. In the member 1, 3 is the base, 4 and 5 arch members and 6 a bridge connecting said arch members, said arch members and bridge being located on a plane above said base portion. Pro'ecting downwardly from the intersection 0 said arch members and said bridge are lugs 7 and 8 against which a spring controlled clamp plate 9 is held by means later to be set forth. The clamp plate 9 1s mounted on a loop 10, which is pivotally mounted on the bar 11 and the front edge of the clamp plate is provided with a rolled edge'to receive the end 13 of the loop- 10. The sides of the clamp plate are provided with rolled edges 14 and 15 in which are received the side portions 16 and 17, of the loop 10. Coiled around the bar 11, are a pair of springs 18 and 19, the inner ends of which are extended out against the member 2, and the outer ends of which extend straight out under the plate 9, the tension of said springs being suflicient to hold said plate tight against said lugs 7 and 8. To the trace 20 is secured a cockeye 22 fixed to its free end, said cockeye being adapted to pass through the opening 23 and over the lug 8, whereby it is securely held through the action of said spring pressed plate 9, thus holding the trace in a normally horizontal position. A similar cockeye may be projected through the opening 22 and over the lug 7 whereby the device may be connected to the harness breeching.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

A trace carrier comprising a base, a bridge in said base having depending lugs, a bar on said base, a loop pivoted on said bar, a plate carried by said loop and resilient means for holding said plate in engagement with said de nding lugs.

n testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT E. MENDENHALL. 

